Vehicle body for barrels



Dec. 25, 1934. P. MURRAY VEHICLE BODY FOR BARRELS Filed Aug 18, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1

3 4 4e i I IN VEN TOR. PHI/L MuR/ewy Dec. 25, 1934. P. MURRAY VEHICLE BODY FOR BARRELS Filed Aug. 18, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. PHI/L NURRHY A TTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 25, 1934 M UN E PIS PATENT OFFICE u My invention relates Ito vehicle bodies for: the

.transportation of. half 1 barrels. of beerstock trucks.

transportation of, barrels and particularly for the The objects of my invention are to provide the economical and efficient handling of beer-half barrels. I v i Togconstruct :a. vehicle body whi h 11 t matically deliver half barrels; ofw beer to. the sidewalk. 1. f:

.To facilitate the delivery of half barrels of beer and the return of the empty half; barrels with .the minimum loss in time andlabor as well as to reduce the wear andtear and upkeepyon the barrels aswell asthevehicle body. i

I accomplish these and other objects by the construction hereinafter described and. illustrated in, the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 is a transverse-section atl Figure 2.

Figure xis arr-elevation of my vehicle body showing its adaptation to the chassis and other parts of the truck.

Figure 3 is a transverse section at 3 Figure 2.

Figure 4 is detail view showing a resilient retarder.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary transverse section of the rails of my invention.

Beer trucks, and the transportation of beer in barrels are and have been responsible for constructions of many types because of the weight of each half barrel of beer.

The usual method of rolling and dropping the barrels is wasteful. The barrels are soon damaged and worn out. The time lost in their handling in direct labor costs as well as the added time the truck is delayed add materially to the cost of deliveries. The various methods of handling and the various constructions of vehicle bodies to facilitate or improve delivery speed and cost need not be detailed here as my invention has many advantages in its application to this important transportation problem as may be seen by the following specification and the description ofthe operation of my device as hereinafter set forth.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in its preferred form of a number of transverse sections such as (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) mounted on the chassis (,f) of one of any number of well known standard or The number of sections as well as the number of half barrels per section and the application of my invention to other than half barrel delivery trucks may determine the size of the truck used. In some applications of my insions and constructed so that they may be shipped in knock down"? form to be erected at points remote from thefactory.

Each of said sections such as (a) comprise the vertical stanchions l, 2, 3 and 4 held in place by the rails 5 reinforced by themetal shrouding 6.

The upper portion of the metal shroudingis stiffened by the chafing strips? which with the metal all combine to add strength to said rails and prevent excessive wear from the rolling barrels (g).

By referring to Figures 1 and 3 it may be seen that said rails are inclined'from one side of the trucktoward the opposite side thusthe upper rail 5 may be inclined from the right hand side toward the left side and the rail below from the left side toward the right and the lower rail from the right side toward the left permitting the barrels (9) carried thereon to roll by gravity from the upper rail to the rail below and this system of automatic feeding of the barrels across the truck thus recurs as many times as tiers of rails and barrels thereon may be provided. I do not wish to be limited to the number of tiers as it may prove expedient to increase or decrease the tiers to suit the size of the barrels as well as the size of the truck andbody used.

As the barrels drop from each tier to the one below the inclined retarders B may be provided with additional resilience such as the spring 9 or rubber shock absorber 10. a

The lower tier of barrels inthe sections is prevented from feeding by means of the stop lever 11 which I have shown as comprising the swinging member or wearing piece 12 which is normally held in fixed relation to the last barrel in the lower tier by the finger 13 when in its downward position. Said finger is secured to the rotatably mounted shaft 14 which is carried to the side of the truck body where the lever 11, secured to said shaft is provided to raise said finger thereby releasing said wearing piece 12 permitting the barrel held thereby to advance and likewise to permit all of the barrels above to gravitate toward the point of discharge from the truck.

In some of the tiers such as those over the wheels the barrel to be delivered may be dropped on a pad on the sidewalk or it may be desired for long haul and platform delivery to feed the barrels out of the body to the platform from of the tiers. The platform being in such cases level with or slightly below the rails of the lower tier.

For ordinary delivery to the sidewalk or curb I have provided a pocket 15 having a retractable apron 16 which normally holds a barrel ready for delivery. Said apron 16 is held in its normal position by the latches 1'7 and by releasing said latches said apron drops to the sidewalk due to the weightof the ba re; peririitt ingitt'o rdl l Thus 'itwill be seen'that one barrel "orthe entire contents of one section may be released and delivered to the sidewalk as desired.

18 of the rails 5 must be bevele 'd 'sloping dealproximately the angle confirming to thes hapepf travel midway between the chafing strips thus creasing 'tlie-war bothbh 'tHeenas ef meter; 'rls as well' a's tlie" liafifrfig strips. v BY h ei l rrers ae s'ther b err s t i u 5 of fl eq mii y adf iwinigs lilieflba re s seldom touch. h m a $h f ."bli eliiliaffing strips pe mittin the barrelsf'toj r 11 freely w'itliairi'iriimum fincl'i anger Tthe rails and also a minimun i oi rnen a resistaficeto their progress of automatic traverse rate of, feed enema riai ii'v a The: ee-11 e age automatica lris accompl shed. when'iheuime .is level when the rails are inclined butIoneiduarter .rofnan .inch to the lineal footjalong ;the rails. I do not'wish to .be limitedtothis inclination however, nor to the exact construction of the parts ofiny" invention 'as I may wish to depart 'the'refrrbm as ma p'r' ve mcst expedient ror'the yanat'ion' 'of' 'c'o'riditionsof operation as wen as "manufacture and as succinctly set forth in the appended claims.

I have shown a spring 19 for retracting the apron 16 to its normal position. A counterbalance or other means suitable to overcome the weight of the apron may in some constructions serve as well as said spring.

I claim:

1. In a vehicle body, sections comprising rails adapted t suppgrt and" deliver 'barrels to the side bf 'said vehicle, ai'rdtapered chafing strips above said rails, and a metal shrouding cover- Ting said chafing strip as well as the upper and side Experience has shown that the upper surface "s'tfhg haii'dHurabiIity of said sections for a from the stanchions and chafing strips Tto'fapi-Qj s 915 said rails, thereby increasing the given-weight.

2 In a vehicle body, tiers of inclined rails frqm' or e side of said body to its opposite side to a point of delivery from the lower-most tier, affpbc'ketat the""end of -"said lower most tier c'oii'taiiii'n'g "a single barreh arid -a-'pivote'd apron depressed to th'e sidewalk by the "wight'bf said barrel, said apron-"forming "the 'botto'm of eam pocket.

3. In a vehicle body, a plurality of transverse sections of rails in tiers "arranged f'to feed "barrels by gravity; pockets having' swingir'igly mounted aprons forming the bottoms thereof tofee'd of "s'aidvehicle. A

4, In "a "vehicle"bddy, "tiersof 'iiicli'ried" rails transversely'ariahigedftof 'feed barrels alternately from one sideof said body tofitsfopposite *s'ide 

